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Apple MacBook (17-inch) Solid State Drive Upgrades

Apple MacBook (17-inch) Solid State Drive Upgrades

If you want to ramp up the performance of your 17 inch MacBook Pro without paying the heavy cost of replacing the processor or upgrading the RAM, you can go for an SSD upgrade. It’s one of the best ways to increase your on-board device memory. With Cloud Ninja’s Apple MacBook (17-inch) Solid State Drive Upgrades, you’ll get both speed and functionality.

The SSD upgrade will help you regain the snappy performance in order to get the best out of your machine. It will improve the loading speed of the Mac OS, which will give an overall boost to the device. Moreover, it’ll also improve the data write and transfer speeds, helping you get transfer speeds up to 510 MB/s, thanks to Dynamic Write Acceleration technology.

No matter if you’re the MacBook for heavy purposes such as video rendering or running software development projects, you can achieve great usability. The SSD will help you overcome memory issues and better rendering times.

You will also get a great boost in the memory capacity of your MacBook with up to 2 TB of upgrades. For specific tasks, the MacBook’s prepacked 512 GB storage can feel less. The good part is that the Cloud Ninja’s SSD is manufactured keeping Apple’s machine framework in mind, which means no compromises in performance for your MacBook.

Mac OS X SATA Drive Installation Basics

Instructions for installing an internal drive as a bootable drive or a storage drive in MacOS X.

If the SATA drive will simply be a storage drive, please see the 3rd section of this article - Installing a SATA Drive as a Storage Unit.
Note: Reformatting the drive will erase all data on the drive, so you should copy any data you want off the drive prior to formatting.

Boot Drive - 10.11
Boot Drive - 10.6 to 10.10
Storage Drive - 10.11
Storage Drive - 10.6 to 10.10

Installing a SATA Drive as a Boot drive 10.11

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. Insert the Mac OS X install CD or USB drive.
  3. Power on the computer while holding down the option key.
  4. Select Installer.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Highlight the drive.
  7. ​Select Erase.
  8. Enter Volume information (Name, Format, and Scheme).
  9. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Format.
  10. Select GUID for Scheme.
  11. Select Erase. (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)
  12. Click on Disk Utility and select Quit Disk Utility.
  13. Select Install OS X from the options
  14. Select your drives as the destination and install

Installing a SATA Drive as a Boot drive MacOS 10.6 to 10.10

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. Insert the Mac OS X install CD or USB drive.
  3. Power on the computer while holding down the option key.
  4. Select Installer.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Highlight the drive.
  7. Select Partition.
  8. Select 1 Partition
  9. Name the drive
  10. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Partition for the volume format.
  11. Click Options - Select GUID
  12. Select OK
  13. Select Apply (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)
  14. Select partition
  15. Click on Disk Utility and select Quit Disk Utility.
  16. Select Install OS X from the options
  17. Select your drives as the destination and install

Installing a SATA Drive as a Storage Unit - 10.11

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. ​Turn the Mac on
  3. Select Applications.
  4. Select Utilities.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Select the Erase tab.
  7. Verify that the correct hard drive is selected in the left column.
  8. Enter Volume information (Name, Format, and Scheme).
  9. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Format.
  10. Select GUID for Scheme.
  11. Select Erase. (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)

Installing a SATA Drive as a Storage Unit - 10.6 to 10.10

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. ​Turn the Mac on
  3. Select Applications.
  4. Select Utilities.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Highlight the drive
  7. Select Partition.
  8. Select 1 Partition
  9. Name the drive
  10. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Partition for the volume format.
  11. Click Options - Select GUID
  12. Select OK
  13. Select Apply (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)
  14. Select partition
  15. Click on Disk Utility and select Quit Disk Utility.
  16. Select Install OS X from the options
  17. Select your drives as the destination and install
  18. Allow time for the drive to format.
  19. Verify the drive is mounted on the Desktop.
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Apple MacBook (17-inch) Solid State Drive Upgrades

Apple MacBook (17-inch) Solid State Drive Upgrades

If you want to ramp up the performance of your 17 inch MacBook Pro without paying the heavy cost of replacing the processor or upgrading the RAM, you can go for an SSD upgrade. It’s one of the best ways to increase your on-board device memory. With Cloud Ninja’s Apple MacBook (17-inch) Solid State Drive Upgrades, you’ll get both speed and functionality.

The SSD upgrade will help you regain the snappy performance in order to get the best out of your machine. It will improve the loading speed of the Mac OS, which will give an overall boost to the device. Moreover, it’ll also improve the data write and transfer speeds, helping you get transfer speeds up to 510 MB/s, thanks to Dynamic Write Acceleration technology.

No matter if you’re the MacBook for heavy purposes such as video rendering or running software development projects, you can achieve great usability. The SSD will help you overcome memory issues and better rendering times.

You will also get a great boost in the memory capacity of your MacBook with up to 2 TB of upgrades. For specific tasks, the MacBook’s prepacked 512 GB storage can feel less. The good part is that the Cloud Ninja’s SSD is manufactured keeping Apple’s machine framework in mind, which means no compromises in performance for your MacBook.

Mac OS X SATA Drive Installation Basics

Instructions for installing an internal drive as a bootable drive or a storage drive in MacOS X.

If the SATA drive will simply be a storage drive, please see the 3rd section of this article - Installing a SATA Drive as a Storage Unit.
Note: Reformatting the drive will erase all data on the drive, so you should copy any data you want off the drive prior to formatting.

Boot Drive - 10.11
Boot Drive - 10.6 to 10.10
Storage Drive - 10.11
Storage Drive - 10.6 to 10.10

Installing a SATA Drive as a Boot drive 10.11

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. Insert the Mac OS X install CD or USB drive.
  3. Power on the computer while holding down the option key.
  4. Select Installer.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Highlight the drive.
  7. ​Select Erase.
  8. Enter Volume information (Name, Format, and Scheme).
  9. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Format.
  10. Select GUID for Scheme.
  11. Select Erase. (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)
  12. Click on Disk Utility and select Quit Disk Utility.
  13. Select Install OS X from the options
  14. Select your drives as the destination and install

Installing a SATA Drive as a Boot drive MacOS 10.6 to 10.10

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. Insert the Mac OS X install CD or USB drive.
  3. Power on the computer while holding down the option key.
  4. Select Installer.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Highlight the drive.
  7. Select Partition.
  8. Select 1 Partition
  9. Name the drive
  10. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Partition for the volume format.
  11. Click Options - Select GUID
  12. Select OK
  13. Select Apply (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)
  14. Select partition
  15. Click on Disk Utility and select Quit Disk Utility.
  16. Select Install OS X from the options
  17. Select your drives as the destination and install

Installing a SATA Drive as a Storage Unit - 10.11

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. ​Turn the Mac on
  3. Select Applications.
  4. Select Utilities.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Select the Erase tab.
  7. Verify that the correct hard drive is selected in the left column.
  8. Enter Volume information (Name, Format, and Scheme).
  9. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for Format.
  10. Select GUID for Scheme.
  11. Select Erase. (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)

Installing a SATA Drive as a Storage Unit - 10.6 to 10.10

  1. Physically install the drive into the Mac.
  2. ​Turn the Mac on
  3. Select Applications.
  4. Select Utilities.
  5. Select Disk Utility.
  6. Highlight the drive
  7. Select Partition.
  8. Select 1 Partition
  9. Name the drive
  10. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Partition for the volume format.
  11. Click Options - Select GUID
  12. Select OK
  13. Select Apply (Note: This will erase all data from the drive.)
  14. Select partition
  15. Click on Disk Utility and select Quit Disk Utility.
  16. Select Install OS X from the options
  17. Select your drives as the destination and install
  18. Allow time for the drive to format.
  19. Verify the drive is mounted on the Desktop.